Konstantinos Gkioulekas
Konstantinos Gkioulekas was born in Thessaloniki. He is a Greek politician and Lawyer.
Political Career
He was been elected four times as MP in Thessaloniki A, first in votes, with the party of the New Democracy in May 2012, October 2009, September 2007 and March 2004 elections. He was elected MP for the first time in April 2000 in Thessaloniki A, he came second in the voting list, with the party of the New Democracy but he lost his seat in the Elections Court due to a constitutional incompatibility.
Education Career
He initially got his bachelor’s degree in Law and then he obtained a second bachelor’s degree in Political Sciences and Administrative Law in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He moved on with his postgraduate studies in Criminal Law and he is currently a PhD student in Constitutional Law, at the Chair of Political History in the Faculty of Law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He speaks French, Italian and English.
Notable Work
For twenty-seven years he worked as a reporter, journalist, editor, chief editor, news director and article writer in newspapers, magazines, radio stations and tv channels such as Ellinikos Vorras, Vradyni and others. He was a member of Thessaloniki’s Association of Journalists (ESIEMTH). He has taught for many years at schools for Journalism. He was minister of Internal Affairs, in charge of matters regarding the Media and Press, secretary of Planning and Head of the Sector of Justice of the New Democracy party. He has also taken up the positions of deputy Head of Sector of Foreign Affairs, spokesman of the New Democracy in the National Board of Foreign Affairs, deputy member of the Political Assembly of the European People’s Party and member of the Greek Parliamentary Delegation to NATO Parliamentary Assembly. He was also head of Media and Press matters of the New Democracy in Thessaloniki, member of the Ideological Committee of the New Democracy in Thessaloniki and a member of the Legislative Service of the New Democracy. He is the third founder of the Youth Association of New Democracy (ONNED) in Northern Greece, member of Youth Associations of New Democracy ΜΑΚΙ, ONNED, DAP-NDFK and founding member of Special Party Commitees of New Democracy of Lawyers and Cultural Associations. He was a founding member and president of the civil non-profit company “Me Allilegyi Zoume Isotima” – Μ.Α.Ζ.Ι, that founded and functions a Social Groceries store in Thessaloniki. For many years Kostas Gioulekas has been collecting documents and items from the Greek National Wars. His collection consists of documents, newspapers, unpublished photographs, letter cards, official military documents and commands, military uniforms, weapons and guns from various periods, such as the Greek Revolution of 1821, the Macedonian War, the Balkan Wars and the Epos of 1940-’41. In 2004 he gave his collection of artefacts and heirlooms of 1940-’41 to the War Museum of Thessaloniki, for a permanent exhibition, called -This is How We Fought 1940 – ‘41.
